Chapter 619

The one speaking was Nie Renwang, who had been observing the battle the whole time.

Duan Shuai nodded in agreement,

"In my view, this still isn't its full strength."

"You mean to say…"

Nie Renwang's face was full of shock.

"It's that…"

The God of Immortality suddenly gave a great shout and said,

"This one is the Divine Dragon!"

"What? It is the Divine Dragon?"

All the experts, whether from the Soul-Searching Palace or those invited to participate in slaying the dragon, were utterly stunned.

Clearly, back in Great Ming's Jingcheng, Senior Xiaoyaozi's black dragon, though incomparably ferocious, was what one should call a Divine Dragon.

The so-called Divine Dragon before their eyes clearly looked far more like a lizard, didn't it?

"Enough nonsense! Get up there! Only by killing this Divine Dragon can you seize the Long Yuan, and only then can you be free."

The God of Immortality was certain that whatever could swallow the Left Divine Official in one bite had to be the Divine Dragon.

Though he too found it strange—why, when it was called the Divine Dragon, did it look so bizarre.

But it didn't matter anymore!

As long as it was the Divine Dragon!

As long as killing it could yield the Long Yuan that would grant him true immortality, without needing to swap brains every so often.

Then that was enough!

The seven great experts taking part in the dragon-slaying looked at one another.

Then Miss Xue Yuan was the first to draw her treasured sword and charge straight in.

"In the end, the Divine Maid is the most loyal to me!"

Last time, Miss Xue Yuan had shown favoritism toward Bu Jingyun outside Seven Heroes Town, which had left a lingering grudge in the God of Immortality's heart toward her.

But Miss Xue Yuan's status was special, so he ultimately held back.

This time, in Tian Qiwu's dragon-slaying, at the critical moment it was Miss Xue Yuan who set the example.

"Since it is the so-called Divine Dragon, the fate of Yunzhou lies here—then let me have a go at it!"

Sword Prison was the second to charge in.

He came from within the Sword Realm, and was most curious about fate and destiny.

Since the Divine Dragon represented the fate of the apes, clashing with it was exactly what Sword Prison most wanted to do.

Once he went up, Mysterious Yin Jian Chen, who had come with him, also drew the Hero Sword and followed.

Then the four great experts—Di Er Daohuang, Emperor's Shadow, Nie Renwang, and Duan Shuai—followed closely behind.

Of these seven great experts, currently only Di Er Daohuang alone was on the ranking.

In truth, the real combat power of these seven was extremely close.

Emperor's Shadow's Blade of Astonishing Silence could borrow You Dongying's fortune to shield his own aura—no need to say more on that.

Sword Prison and Mysterious Yin Jian Chen were originally from the Sword Realm; though their combat power was strong, they ultimately would not be ranked.

Nie Renwang and Duan Shuai, by a stroke of fortune, had been chosen by the Fire Qilin and became the guardians of Yunzhou's dragon vein.

Sheltered by Yunzhou's dragon vein, their strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, and they too were not listed on the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking.

As for Miss Xue Yuan, it was actually because her turn to be ranked hadn't come yet.

Each of the seven great experts possessed combat power on par with the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking.

Once they charged in, each brought out their own signature skill.

Emperor's Shadow wielded golden blade Qi, paired with his seven great blade intents—each strike could slay a giant beast.

But no matter how vicious the blade technique, when it struck the Divine Dragon's scales, it left it completely unharmed.

Di Er Daohuang wielded the Duan Zhengming Blade and golden blade Qi, paired with the Seven Absolutes of Severing Emotion.

Each strike could invoke the intent of heartlessness, attacking with an unstoppable momentum.

Yet his result was little different from Emperor's Shadow's.

As for the remaining great experts—whether Sword Prison's Yuan Heaven Sword Art, or Jian Chen's Mysterious Yin Six Swords,

or Nie Renwang's Proud Cold Six Art, or Duan Shuai's Eclipse Sun Sword Art,

or even Miss Xue Yuan, who with the divine sword in her hand activated the Heaven-Shifting Divine Art to summon the might of heaven and earth.

The seven great experts had exhausted every means at their disposal.

They slew at least a hundred-plus of the giant beasts around this suspected Divine Dragon, yet still could not harm the beast in the slightest.

Instead, this suspected Divine Dragon would occasionally leap high into the air, its massive jaws opening to bite down.

Or it would launch a surprise attack with that hard-as-divine-weapon headbutt.

Or it would swing its enormous tail, lashing out like a giant python.

No matter which attack it used, if one were caught off guard, even these seven great warriors would suffer no light an injury.

See—though its attacks didn't land on the seven great warriors,

the aftershocks of each strike would repeatedly hit the Divine Envoy's World-Ending Great Mill formation.

Although, thanks to the World-Ending Great Mill formation, the Divine Envoys had not yet collapsed.

Yet many Divine Envoys of lower cultivation—even though the great array had distributed the damage—

were still, because their cultivation was too low, directly shaken so violently that their five viscera and six bowels shattered.

They stood dumbly on the ground and died on the spot.

In a short time, the seven great martial artists had exchanged roughly a hundred moves with this giant beast suspected to be a divine dragon.

The seven great martial artists had been unable to deal with this giant beast, but had instead killed quite a few other giant beasts.

And this giant beast suspected to be a divine dragon had not truly attacked the seven great martial artists either; instead, under the shockwave of its attacks, at least over a hundred divine envoys were shaken to death!

"How could this be? Old Fahai, didn't you say that gathering the seven great martial artists and coordinating with the seven great divine weapons would be enough to slay this beast?

What kind of nonsense Seven Warriors Slaying the Dragon is this! They can't even break through its scales!"

Now, the God of Master Changsheng had confirmed that the ferociously powerful giant beast before him was the Divine Dragon, the foremost of the four great auspicious omens of Yunzhou!

It was just that this Divine Dragon was ferociously powerful; even though the seven great martial artists had given it their all, they could not wound it in the slightest.

If this dragged on, let alone the victory or defeat of the seven great martial artists.

The Long Yuan that the God of Master Changsheng had long dreamed of — how was he to obtain it?

Old Fahai had sensed something was wrong from the very first exchange between the seven great martial artists and the Divine Dragon.

Therefore, he had begun his divination early on.

At this moment, when the God of Master Changsheng asked, he had not yet finished his divination, and paid him no heed.

Instead, it was Old Fahai's disciple Fazhi, who at this point saw what Old Fahai was doing and immediately explained on his behalf,

"God! This Divine Dragon is the foremost of the four great auspicious omens; for thousands of years, no one has ever glimpsed its full form.

For my master to be able to divine its location has already cost him an immense amount of effort.

Now my master is urgently divining the vital weak point of this beast; please, God, grant a little more time and give my master some more time."

How could the God of Master Changsheng not see that Old Fahai was divining? It was just that he was anxious and worried in his heart.

Over so many years, his body had been aging day by day.

And there were scarcely any people of the Bu clan divine race who met his requirements for a body swap.

The ones he had finally found with great difficulty were unusable.

Now, all hope of eternal life rested on this strange Divine Dragon.

That was why he cast all caution aside; even though he clearly knew Old Fahai was divining, he still went on roaring as before.

Hearing Fazhi's explanation, he merely gave a cold snort and said,

"I'll give Old Fahai the time of one incense stick. If he hasn't divined it out, then the agreement between him and this God shall be voided from this point on.

If he wants to leave the Soul-Searching Palace, he must do three more things for this God!"

It turned out that the God of Master Changsheng had a hold on Old Fahai's fatal weakness, and was using it to coerce him: only by doing three things for him could he leave the Soul-Searching Palace.

Old Fahai had Gu Ji in his heart, and so he had agreed.

431 It's Ximen Wudi again!

Old Fahai had seen through the God of Master Changsheng's scheme.